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" Moscow, Oct 04: A Russian Supreme Court appeals panel on Saturday declared the last Czar and his murdered family to be victims of political repression, a decision that helps Russia move toward closing a chapter in its tortured history. The decision ends years of efforts by...

Russians Reinstate Romanov Royal Family - the Last Tzar is a New Ztar

NINETY years after the Bolshevik Rising in 1917 with the annhilation of the Russian Royal Family, a supreme court in the country has now declared the unfortunate family  victims of political repression and...

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"By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF Published: September 17, 2008 Are you capable of taking a perfectly good 158-year-old company and turning it into dust? If so, then you may not be earning up to your full potential.You should...

Nassim Nicholas Taleb: the prophet of boom and doom

In brief, the future will be: dollar down, commodities up, referring to gold especially; a serious chance of a US currency crisis, and weekend headlines announcing the bounce up as a recovery will be premature to say the least. According to Gann specialist Phil Anderson, "It...

Ex-CEO of Broadcom Pleads Not Guilty on 21 Charges

And still we wonder how billionaires become billionaires..."Broadcom co-founder Henry T. Nicholas III pleaded not guilty Monday to federal drug and securities fraud charges.The 48-year-old billionaire entered the pleas to 21 counts contained in two indictments unsealed June...

'$100 Laptop' Project Teams With Microsoft

The One Laptop Per Child project has undergone all kinds of trials and tribulations, both in terms of its price and functionality, and its public perception.OLPC has long been wary of trying to integrate a Microsoft...

Random thoughts by Nicholas Forrest from artmarketblog.com

Random thoughts by Nicholas Forrest from artmarketblog.com

Pop Art Exhibit Pays Homage to Justin Timberlake

For one night only, Justin 'Prince of Pop' Timberlake had a full-blown contemporary art show curated and exhibited in his honour. And what a great title for the show: "If I Told You You Were Beautiful Would You Date...

Facebook Security lapse Allows Paris Hilton Pictures to be Leaked

A Vancouver-based computer technician, Byron Ng, was looking for flaws in Facebook's security - and boy, did he find one. Using a template Ng designed, the Associated Press was able to access thousands of photos,...

Princess Diana Inquest: Mystery burglary at Big Pictures photo agency

"The flamboyant boss of Big Pictures photo agency Darren Lyons told Metropolitan police officers he was convinced that British secret service agents had raided his Clerkenwell Road office in London and either...

Papuans holding foreign citizenship resume status as Indonesians

"Two Papuan indigenes -- Franzalbert Joku and Nicholas Simion who were formerly Papua New Guinean and Swedish citizens repectively -- have officially resumed their status as Indonesian nationals, it was reported here Sunday. Franzalbert Joku and Nicholas Simion regained the...

Town of Exmouth awaits Cyclone Nicholas

Authorities are waiting before placing the Western Australian town of Exmouth on high alert as Cyclone Nicholas approachs the WA coast. AAP is reporting the cyclone was estimated to be 130 kms north-north-west of the...

China’s Genocide Olympics

"The Beijing Olympics this summer were supposed to be China’s coming-out party, celebrating the end of nearly two centuries of weakness, poverty and humiliation.Instead, China’s leaders are tarnishing their own...

'One Laptop per Child' Developer To Create $75 Version

Not to be undersold, Mary Lou Jepsen, the former CTO of the One Laptop per Child project (which intended to make a $100 laptop available to children in the developing world) is starting up a new company, Pixel Qi,...

Intel Won't Give Laptops to Children

Will the One Laptop Per Child dream ever be fully-realized?"Intel Corp (INTC.O: Quote, Profile , Research) said on Thursday it will drop out of the One Laptop Per Child project and resign from the board after the...

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